Literacy and blogging

This is the link To an article describing why it is that blogging can help promote literacy in the classroom.

Tah Dah!!!

I now have a picture for each of the main pages. I have also added new pages, yet to be developed by the public. Unless I see a way to break it down so it is easier to encourage discussion and addition I am hoping someone other than myself will get to begin the new pages.

The End is Coming!

Okay, so not the end of the world. The end to the project is however fast approaching. I am hoping to finish up the wiki so next week I can work on the assignment and my presentation. I still have a couple more pages to add graphics to. Today I added a horizontal navigation bar to the pages. (suggestion from Morgan). I am also going to develop the public pages a little more, giving people a little more direction with where I want the conversation to go, while still allowing freedom of respectful expression.

graphics

So most of this week was spent trying to find a picture for each page. I have been waiting for the assignment which is so far a no show. Next week I will finish up with the pictures and the assignment. I have also added more public places and areas for classmates to meet/discuss stuff for class.

Woodchucks and Groundhogs

So I posted a couple more articles on Helium. One of which is a joke about woodchucks and groundhogs. I hvae added more public pages to the wiki. I am also going to add some more library diversions. The peanuts have some library related strips and there is also an online library comic. I might also add more informational links.

Images

I have started to add more images to liven up the wiki. I have already finished most of the informational part. For the remainder I am going to work on developing the community side of the wiki. Adding in pages that the public can edit and where ideas, information, and book recommendations can be made. I am also going to continue adding more images.

I was disapointed to learn that the wiki server I am using does not support anchors, especially after the hours spent searching and trying to make it work. oh well, shall just have to do without. I only needed it for one page, so I am just glad that it wasn't a crucial part of the wiki.

Anchors

So I spent almost two hours looking for a way to create an anchor or section linking. I found some sites offering very brief and not very helpful instructions. I played around with it in the sandbox and couldn't get it to work. So I decided to post on the daybook asking for help, here's hoping someone out there knows what to do.

2/4 Done

Since Monday's post I have done 2/4 things on the list. I have also been writing more on the 'Library Observations' page; which is a place for tips that might be helpful with no other place to go.

Moving Forward

After reviewing the studio tours I have a few ideas on what to add.

• Add space for students to share information
• give brief descriptions of each category
• create a search engine or index on the wiki
• add more graphics etc. to break up the black/white